Get Paid To Talk - Ether.com

[jeffrey]

How would you like to get paid to talk? If you have knowledge about a certain subject or in a certain area and you think others would be willing to talk over the phone with you to get that information, there is a new site that may be of interest to you. The site is Ether.com and is a system that allows you to get paid when people call you for information. The system is completely free to set up (they take a 15% cut of any payments made - 10% during the current beta phase). The site says it takes about 2 minutes to set up.




Basically, you sell your expertise to anyone who is willing to call you for it and pay the rate you set. For example, if you are an expert on saving money, reducing debt or picking stocks and can convince people that you have information that they would want to talk to you about, you could make some extra money in your spare time. The system seems especially well geared for those that work at home (although since you can set your hours of availability, you could also easily do this during times you aren't at work). This is how the Ether site explains how their system works:

1. Get Your Free Ether Phone Number: Sign up for your Ether Phone Number: 1-888-MY-ETHER with an 8-digit extension that is unique to YOU. Set it to forward calls to your actual phone number - your cell, home, work, or any other number. It takes 2 minutes to set up and it's free.

2. Set Your Rate: How much is your time worth? $75 an hour? $15 for 15 minutes? $30 per call? Whatever you like. People will only be able to call you when they've prepaid your rate.

3. Take Calls Only When You Want To: Your phone will never ring when you don't want it to. Just set the hours when you want to take calls by adjusting the automatic schedule - currently set so you don't get calls at night. Or, turn your Ether Phone Number on or off with the click of a mouse or by using your phone. Learn about what happens on a call.

4. Market Yourself: Put your Ether Phone Number on your business card, website, blog or wherever people can find you. Your actual phone number is kept private.

Click to Call. You can also get an Ether Button for your blog or website that lets customers know whether you're available to take calls. Clicking on your button guides them through the payment process with a simple web form.

5. Phone me the money: Your phone only rings when people prepay your rate. Ether bills their credit cards and sends you your money via direct deposit or check. Ether 's commission is 15% (10% for Beta sign-ups), with no monthly fees, no setup fees, and no connection fees.

In addition to their phone service, they also have options where you can sell content such as reports, photographs, podcasts, videos, etc through email and another option to sell digital content on the Web.

[Tree0164]

Keen has done this for years

[funnyvalentine]

I dont' understand why anyone would pay to talk to an unknown person about most things when information is so available on the internet. Financial information is available from any rep at any bank, there are health sites that are at least as plausible as a stranger asking for a fee....It just doesn't make any sense to me.

Originally Posted by jeffrey

How would you like to get paid to talk? If you have knowledge about a certain subject or in a certain area and you think others would be willing to talk over the phone with you to get that information, there is a new site that may be of interest to you. The site is Ether.com and is a system that allows you to get paid when people call you for information. The system is completely free to set up (they take a 15% cut of any payments made - 10% during the current beta phase). The site says it takes about 2 minutes to set up.

Basically, you sell your expertise to anyone who is willing to call you for it and pay the rate you set. For example, if you are an expert on saving money, reducing debt or picking stocks and can convince people that you have information that they would want to talk to you about, you could make some extra money in your spare time. The system seems especially well geared for those that work at home (although since you can set your hours of availability, you could also easily do this during times you aren't at work). This is how the Ether site explains how their system works:

1. Get Your Free Ether Phone Number: Sign up for your Ether Phone Number: 1-888-MY-ETHER with an 8-digit extension that is unique to YOU. Set it to forward calls to your actual phone number - your cell, home, work, or any other number. It takes 2 minutes to set up and it's free.

2. Set Your Rate: How much is your time worth? $75 an hour? $15 for 15 minutes? $30 per call? Whatever you like. People will only be able to call you when they've prepaid your rate.

3. Take Calls Only When You Want To: Your phone will never ring when you don't want it to. Just set the hours when you want to take calls by adjusting the automatic schedule - currently set so you don't get calls at night. Or, turn your Ether Phone Number on or off with the click of a mouse or by using your phone. Learn about what happens on a call.

4. Market Yourself: Put your Ether Phone Number on your business card, website, blog or wherever people can find you. Your actual phone number is kept private.

Click to Call. You can also get an Ether Button for your blog or website that lets customers know whether you're available to take calls. Clicking on your button guides them through the payment process with a simple web form.

5. Phone me the money: Your phone only rings when people prepay your rate. Ether bills their credit cards and sends you your money via direct deposit or check. Ether 's commission is 15% (10% for Beta sign-ups), with no monthly fees, no setup fees, and no connection fees.

In addition to their phone service, they also have options where you can sell content such as reports, photographs, podcasts, videos, etc through email and another option to sell digital content on the Web.